On the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape of Walter Kappacher’s <em>Palace of Flies</em>

On the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape of Walter Kappacher’s Palace of Flies

Michael P. Steinberg Locates Echoes and Ghosts in a Broken Austria

By Michael P. Steinberg | May 5, 2022

<em>Guerre</em>, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

Guerre, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2022

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

Megan Mayhew Bergman on Where We Find Our Home

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | May 4, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | May 4, 2022

Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

Courtney Maum Recommends Memoirs That Seesaw from Past to Present, Personal to Universal

By Courtney Maum | May 4, 2022

Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

Susie Dumond on Positive Role Models

By Susie Dumond | May 4, 2022

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“We’re the Fools in Charge of Forgiveness.” Steve Almond on the Task of the Social Novelist

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 4, 2022

Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

By Jennifer Saint | May 4, 2022

The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine

By Lauren McBrayer | May 4, 2022

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

15 great paperback books coming out this May.

By Katie Yee | May 3, 2022

A Shakespearean Study Guide for <em>The Northman</em>

A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

Saxo and Shakespeare, Masculine Fantasies, and Racist Fictions in Robert Eggers’s New Blockbuster

By The Why Shakespeare? Course | May 3, 2022

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

The Writer Revisits Tamarisk Row, Nearly 50 Years Later

By Gerald Murnane | May 3, 2022

Hernan Diaz: “I Wouldn’t Be the Person I am Without Borges.”

Hernan Diaz: “I Wouldn’t Be the Person I am Without Borges.”

The Author of Trust Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 3, 2022

On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

From J.M. Coetzee to Alice Walker, a Book Designer Who Took Risks

By Rebecca Rego Barry | May 3, 2022

Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast

By The Cosmic Library | May 3, 2022

25 new books to pick up this week.

25 new books to pick up this week.

By Katie Yee | May 3, 2022

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